In Oldenburg’s “The Tempest,” Trusting The Text Pays Off
For this production of Shakespeare’s play, Oldenburgisches Staatstheateer used the 2007...
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Enzo Moscato. “I Can’t Tell The Story Of My Life” (“Non Posso Narrare La Mia Vita”)
Neapolitan poet and dramatist Enzo Moscato passed away in 2024 at the age of 75. Together with...
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Martin Crimp’s Version Of “The Seagull” Makes It To The German Stage
Many, especially prestigious, new productions of Chekhov’s The Seagull in the UK and USA...
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For Bremen’s Re-Launched Packhaustheater, The Emphasis Shifts From Local Topics To Local Acting Celebrities
Bremen’s Packhaustheater set its agenda with a focus on the local, so as not to compete with the...
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Leading with Risk, Trust, and Intuition: An Exclusive Interview with Director Charles Newell on Berlin’s Rehearsal Room
A towering figure in Chicago theatre, Charles Newell—former Marilyn F. Vitale Artistic Director of...
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Thought-Provoking Crime Drama And Star Vehicle: “Nebenan” At The Renaissance Theater, Berlin
The play Nebenan was premiered at Burgtheater Wien in 2022, based on the film of the same title...
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Learning To Listen, Struggling To Hear: Katie Mitchell’s “Cow / Deer”
There are directors who have gotten us accustomed to treading on unconventional paths. They have...
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Gender Allows A Different Perspective On Ibsen’s “Der Volksfeind” (“An Enemy Of The People”) In Bremerhaven
In 2019, Landestheater Salzburg used a new translation of Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People as the...
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Witty Revival Of 2022 Pollesch “Liebe, Einfach Außerirdisch” In Berlin
When the production first opened in 2022, critics commented on the fact that the play was being...
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A Theatre Of Boredom And Theatrical Distrust (André Gregory, Chekhov And Beckett)
Wherever it comes from, morality or the aesthetic, the anti-theatrical prejudice is a conceptual...
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Biography And Politics: “Der Zauberer Von Öz – Eine Fußballtragödie“ In Bremen
Theater Bremen is currently showing the world premiere production of Der Zauberer von Öz – Eine...
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Adaptations On The German Stage (2): “Der Schimmelreiter” In Oldenburg
Der Schimmelreiter (The Rider on the White Horse) is a novella by German writer Theodor Storm...
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“Liebe Mit Taktgefühl” By Barbara Raue-Flajs, At Piccolo Teatro Haventheater, Bremerhaven: Directorial Reflections
Since August 2019, I have owned and run the chamber theatre, piccolo teatro Haventheater, in...
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Adaptations On The German Stage (1): “Sein Oder Nicht Sein” In Bremerhaven
Sein oder nicht sein is a play by Nick Whitby (b.1963), premiered on Broadway in 2008, and first...
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Six-Hour Tour De Force “Hamlet” In Hamburg, Directed, With Many Ironic Self-References, By Veteran Legendary Frank Castorf
This six-hour production of Hamlet took Shakespeare’s play as the starting and end point, in...
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“All Right. Good Night.:” A Poetic Meditation on the Art of Letting Go
In All Right. Good Night., German docu-theater artist Helgard Haug turns loss into a language. The...
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Bloody Ignorant Apes
Absurd as it may seem, Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, a demanding play about existential...
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“Lale Lili Marleen:” The Promising Relaunch Of A Quaint Chamber Theatre In The Oldest District Of Bremen
The small district of Schnoor in the northern German city of Bremen, consisting of some 100...
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Lessing’s “Emilia Galotti” As Directorial Debut In Bremen
At German theatres, some assistant directors are employed for the duration of a production, from...
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I Hold On To The Beautiful Side Of Theatre
Interview with theatre director Tamara Stojanoska, Skopje/Prilep, R.N. Macedonia. Interviewer...
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